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1. NASA Rescues Sea Turtles Endangered by Oil Spill

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   Kennedy Space Center sits right smack dab in the middle of Merritt Island Wildlife refuge, and many at KSC are proud that NASA's technology can work in concert with nature. So it's not surprising ... Wednesday, 14 July 2010

2. Solar Powered Airplane Successfully Flies Through the Night

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   ... the Night (205 words) © nancy for Universe Today, 2010. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: Solar Impulse, solar power, Technology Feed enhanced by Better Feed from Ozh  ... Thursday, 08 July 2010

3. Smoother Landings

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   ... technology demonstrator rocket engine, increasing the throttling capability by 35 percent over previous tests. This test series demonstrated this engine could go from a thrust range of 104 percent power ... Wednesday, 07 July 2010

4. NASA Day on the Hill

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   Exhibits highlight NASA's Earth and space science portfolio, cutting-edge aeronautics research and technology development and continued leadership in human space flight and exploration for NASA Day on ... Tuesday, 22 June 2010

5. Maybe ET's Calling, But We Have the Wrong Phone

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   ... artificial radio signals, if produced by ETIs with 1959 human technology. Since then we've developed the ability to detect a laser signal, brighter than the Sun (if only for a nanosecond) if it came ... Monday, 21 June 2010

6. South Korean Rocket Explodes 137 Seconds Into Flight

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   ... the country's space center, Minister of Education, Science and Technology Ahn Byong-man said. But then communications with the rocket were lost. This is the country's second major space setback ... Thursday, 10 June 2010

7. Japanese Firm Designing Futuristic Space Mega-Projects

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   ... is just one idea proposed by a 200-year-old Japanese construction company, Shimizu that prides itself in forward-thinking technology and structure development. For this "Luna Ring," an array ... Wednesday, 09 June 2010

8. China Launches Fourth Nav Satellite

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   ... or Compass system. The launch was disclosed by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology via a statement posted on its official website Thursday. The satellite was launched from the Long ... Thursday, 03 June 2010

9. Rockot Launches Japanese SERVIS-2 Satellite

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   ... to verify the use of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components and technologies in space conditions. USEF developed and built SERVIS-2 under the auspices of Japan's New Energy and Industrial Technology ... Wednesday, 02 June 2010

10. Detecting Clues For Alien Existence

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    ... to date by the Science and Technology Facilities Council; funding of the flight instruments will be via the UK Space Agency. ... Wednesday, 02 June 2010

11. Orbital Selected For Azerspace/Africasat-1a Satellite

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    ... Azerbaijan, Orbital is prepared to provide our comprehensive systems capabilities to all our customers." Dr. Ali Abbasov, Minister of Communications and Information Technology for the Republic of Azerbaijan, ... Tuesday, 01 June 2010

12. China May Become Space Station Partner

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    ... in the project. Three experiments proposed by China will also be conducted during the mission. Chen Qiufa, vice-minister of industry and information technology in charge of the lunar exploration mission, ... Tuesday, 01 June 2010

13. Post-Mortem Of A Comet

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    ... new techniques to analyse the most distant Solar System bodies in our laboratories at Leicester." Funding for Hitesh's PhD has been provided by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC). The ... Monday, 31 May 2010

14. Hinode Discovers The Origin Of White Light Flare

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    ... of the scientific instrumentation provided for the mission by NASA, industry and other federal agencies. The Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center in Palo Alto, Calif., is the lead U.S. investigator ... Monday, 31 May 2010

15. Russia And US To Create First Joint Satellite Navigation Venture

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    ... a statement posted on Russian Space Systems' website said. "This high-technology, innovative sphere of activities directly contributes to the commercializing of GLONASS," the statement said. GLONASS ... Monday, 31 May 2010

16. Investors Scout Space Spin-Offs

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    ... companies looking for financing to start their businesses. Organised by ESA's Technology Transfer Programme Office (TTPO) and managed by Europe Unlimited, this was the fourth Forum. Most of the companies ... Sunday, 30 May 2010

17. Robots Walking And Running Better

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    ... applications in highly dangerous situations. But I could also see great improvements possible with prosthetic limbs that work much better than existing technology, or even the creation of exoskeletons ... Sunday, 30 May 2010

18. MSU Robot Digs Most Moon Dirt

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    ... senior in computer science, remotely steered Montana MULE to victory by using the controls of an X Box 360 computer game and wireless technology. Ching sat inside a building that was isolated from the ... Sunday, 30 May 2010

19. Indian Rockets To Soon Use Atmospheric Oxygen As Fuel

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    ... from here. In March, ISRO flew an advanced technology vehicle D01 (ATV-D01) weighing three tonnes from Sriharikota. ATV-D01, the heaviest sounding rocket developed by ISRO, carried a passive scramjet ... Sunday, 30 May 2010

20. Committee Reviews Proposed Human Spaceflight Plan

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    Washington DC (SPX) May 28, 2010 - The House Committee on Science and Technology has held a hearing to examine the proposed National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Human Spaceflight Plan ... Thursday, 27 May 2010